Thanks, Maurice and ET. Of course I do realize that everyone's mileage will vary depending on usage, but it helps to have at least a general idea. The VU battery drains fairly quickly, so I'm hoping for better battery life in its replacement. Cheers, Donna
> On Jan 5, 2020, at 1:53 PM, maur...@maurice-amines.com wrote: > > Hi, to answer your questions, the estimated battery life for the bogus 14 > generation blue is roughly 15 hours. I believe the same is true for the focus > 40. > > Please bear in mind however that your battery life will vary depending on > usage when it’s on battery. If you’re using it happily say using it with two > different devices. I would cut that 15 hour estimate down to something > between eight and 10 hours. In other words if you’re out and about and you > know you’re going to say a meeting, or class or something that’s gonna take a > while and you do not absolutely need to use the display. I would certainly > advise turning it off for a while in order to ensure that you can get through > your day. The other thing is that battery life can decrease if you’re using > the scratchpad as well. > > I hope my comments above will help. Just to let you know I do not work for > freedom scientific, or Apple or any entity that has a stake in my answer. I > also want to make it clear that the instruments of battery usage are based on > what I have experienced not what’s in the manual. > > Sincerely Maurice Mines. > US amateur radio call sign kd0iko. > Front IP file number, 661-246-3110. > S FTP site, maurice-mines.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/75EE7961-12BA-4A4E-AA62-5EAE3D9B00E0%40maurice-amines.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/2B36B37A-A2F0-45A1-BBC7-D8119D54A75E%40me.com.
